The cyber attack on Google from China took place because of an error in a browser Internet Explorer. Microsoft has already released an emergency security fix. The service pack for IE6, IE7 and IE8 is available at Microsoft TechNet.
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Google’s net income in the fourth quarter of 2009 jumped more than fivefold from a year 2008. Google’s sales grew 17 percent and it is the fastest pace in a year. “Given that the global economy is still in the early days of recovery, this was an extraordinary end to the year,” said Eric E.
The New York Times is going to charge readers for an access to some of its Website’s resources. Of course there is a risk that people will go elsewhere to read news. This will affect a traffic and a revenue from online adverts. The company Forrester Research in its recent study mentioned that most people
Company ViVu has released VuRoom, it is a plug-in for Skype which allows multipoint videoconferencing. Without the plug-in Skype can be used for video chat between no more than two people. VuRoom costs US$9.95 per month for unlimited calls. Only one person who initiate the call has to buy the plug-in, other parties need only
According to the analysts from Gartner (a research firm), mobile application stores are estimated to generate revenues of $7 billion during this year. Last year revenue from mobile applications’ download reached $4.2 billion. The analysts predict that mobile application stores’ will grow and grow, to finally by the end of 2013 make $29.5 billion. So
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a Federal holiday marking the birth date of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The holiday takes place on the third Monday of January each year (it is a date around the time of King’s birthday, January 15). Today many schools, business and places of higher education were closed.
After the cyber attack on Google from China and information that the hit was possible because of an inaccuracy in a code of a browser Internet Explorer, The German Federal Office for Information (BSI) Security warned users against using Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8 until Microsoft fixed the security hole. Today the French
According to a report prepared by comScore, Bing (the new web search engine from Microsoft) has reached last month (December 2009) 10.7 percent of the U.S. search engine market. It is up 0.4 percentage points from November 2009. Google is attracting 65.7 percent of searches, it is up 0.1 percentage points from November 2009. Yahoo’s
NPD Group reported that sales of videogame hardware and software in USA hit 5.53 billion dollars in December 2009. It is a new monthly record. Sony sold during the month more than 1.3 million of PlayStation 3. Nintendo sold 3.81 million Wii consoles and 3.31 million DS hand-held gaming devices. Nintendo officially said also that
One year ago, back at January 15, 2009, a US Airways jetliner with 155 people aboard made a splash landing in the Hudson River.
